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A castle rises out of the
ruins of the ancient city
of Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia.

ACTIVITY 7 Building Greater Sentences

Combine these short sentences into one sentence. You can add new words and move words around, but
you should not add or omit any ideas. More than one answer is possible, but these sentences require
present perfect. (See Appendix 1, Building Greater Sentences, page 216, for tips on how to do this activity.)

1. a. Al-Ula is an ancient city.
b. It is in Saudi Arabia.
c. The last residents left in 1983.
d. It has not been occupied since that time.

2. a. Singapore and Malaysia used to be one country.
b. Singapore is independent.
c. This separation took place in 1965.

3. a. China is a country.
b. It is very big.
c. China has only one time zone.
d. This has been true since 1949.

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